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Karachi: Gold trader indicted in illicit arms case

Karachi: Gold trader indicted in illicit arms case

KARACHI: An additionaldistrictandsessionsjudge (south) indicted on Monday KamranTessori, a well-known goldtrader, in a case of possession of illicitweapons. The Judge, NizarAliKhawaja, read out the charges against the accused who pleaded not guilty. He opted to contest the case to which the court directed the prosecution to present witnesses on the next date of hearing. MrTessori has been accused of possessing illicitweapons and a case was registered against him under Section 13-E [has in his possession or under his control any arms, ammunition or military stores in contravention of provisions of Section 9 (unlicensed possession of arms)] of the ArmsOrdinance1965, at Gizripolicestation.

The police had arrestedKamranTessori at Karachiairport upon his arrival from Islamabad on Nov 5, 2008. Later, he was remanded in judicialcustody.

The prosecution said that on July25, 2008 the police had received information regarding the presence of KamranTessori, MohammadImranTessori and MohammadKhalidSiddiqui on the Hawkesbay beach.

The suspects were wanted in a case (FIR 07/2008) registered in Badindistrict. A team of Dockspolicestation raided the place at Hawkesbay. The suspects were in a car and were alleged to have openedfire on police when asked to stop the vehicle. The police said that after openingfire, the three managed to escape.

The policeregistered a case (FIR 112/08) on behalf of the state against the suspects under Section324 and 353/34 of the PakistanPenalCode at Dockspolicestation. Later, the police claimed that they recoveredillegalweapons and narcotics on a lead given by KamranTessori during the interrogation. The policeregistered four cases against the suspect under the ArmsOrdinance, the Prohibition of HaddOrdinance and the Control of NarcoticSubstancesAct1997 at Preedy and Gizripolicestations.

Earlier, the police had taken KamranTessori into custody for his alleged involvement in a land scam pertaining to the proposed GoldCity project in interior of Sindh and for which the former chief minister, DrArbabGhulamRahim, had allotted him around 80acres of land for industrial purposes. The land was originally part of a historical graveyard. However, the police claimed that on June18, 2008Tessori had managed to escape from policecustody when he was shifted to Badin.

Meanwhile, the court directed the jail authorities to submit a report till Tuesday with regard to the medical check-up of the accused.

On the previous hearing, the court had allowed the suspect`s application seeking medical treatment. The judge directed the jail authorities to shift the accused in a hospital. However, the jail superintendent did not submit the compliance report. On Monday, the suspect also filed an application in court stating that despite the court`s order the jail authorities were not providing him proper healthcare and medicines.